Monday, August 03, 2020

Happy August!














What a confusing world we live in!
Everything seems to be happening at once. And like my mother said, it might get worse before it gets better. But it will get better, really it will. One day.
I usually go to the USA every year at least once, to attend conventions and to visit the friends I've made over the years. I miss them all, and I'm so sorry that I can't see you all this year. Kathryn Falk and her beautiful home in Texas, and the amazing one she shares with her husband in New York. Rosechel Sinio, and her fantastic bookstore in Los Angeles. Laurie Pennison and her lovely home and family in New Orleans, one of my favourite places in the world. I miss so many more people I've spent time with and shared good times with.
And now we're all trying to get used to a new way of life, and a new way of being. We have to find our own ways of coping, and I daresay we've all been downright depressed, or sad, or just out of sorts. Remember the old proverb? Well, we certainly live in interesting times! I'd love to know what you all do to get through these times.
Seriously though, my heart goes out to anyone who is worried or confused and who is facing hard times ahead.
My answer is to read, write and go for long walks. I'm lucky enough to live close to a beautiful park, where I can spend at least an hour a day. I've shared a picture I took of the rabbit warren. Why we have wild black rabbits I'm not sure, but we do! There's another warren with the normal brown kind, too. I go and sit on the bench, and just watch them. They don't care about politics, or Covid, or anything else. They just get on with it.
The only thing I can suggest, and I know it's not nearly enough, is to get lost in a good book. I've read a lot of them recently, and I'm trying to write one!
I'm making an effort to do more promotion, although I'm not the best at it. Although marketing was my career, there's a huge difference between selling yourself and selling desserts for Kraft Foods!
Anyway in the spirit of promotion, I've joined a company that puts out regular newsletters. I entered this month's with a book I loved writing, Lightning Unbound, about the Roman gods alive and well in 18th century Britain. I've put the link to the newsletter, which has lots of fun books  for summer reading, and an extract from my contribution.





This book is featured in the newsletter:

 
Lightning Unbound
 
When Gerard Sterling, Earl of Ellesmere, races to Bedlam asylum to rescue a wrongly committed friend, he’s astonished to find Lady Faith Bradley. Fascinated and enchanted by her, and inspired by her dedication saving her brother from the horrors of the Incurables ward, he includes them in his rescue mission. But woo her he cannot—not with a fatal disease that saps more of his strength every day.
When Gerard discovers he is the god Jupiter, they face a deadly enemy—Kronos, whose plan to regain power includes Gerard’s death. To foil his plan, Gerard and Faith must defy Fate itself.
Each book in the Even Gods Fall in Love series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order.
 
 
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